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Can a Child Be a Passenger on a Motorcycle?

December 11, 2023 Jeff Welty

I was driving around with my younger daughter this weekend when she said “I’ve never ridden on a motorcycle.” She’s ten, so she’s obviously too young to pilot one herself. But would it be lawful for her to ride as a passenger?

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Categories Motor Vehicles, Uncategorized Tags children, motorcycles
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What’s an Autocycle?

February 2, 2015 Shea Denning

One of the first bills introduced in 2015 legislative session (House Bill 6) defines a new type of passenger vehicle that is part-car, part-motorcycle—the autocycle. 

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Categories Motor Vehicles Tags autocycle, driver's license, motorcycles 3 Comments

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